He subdued the Eburones and other rebellious tribes and pursued Ambiorix when he tried to make his escape. Publius Clodius was killed on the Via Appia, near Bovillae, by Titus Annius Milo, a candidate for the consulship. Clodius was cremated by the plebs in the building of the Senate. There were violent and armed riots among the candidates for the consulship, Hypsaeus, Scipio, and Milo. To suppress these, Gnaeus Pompey was deputized and, although he was absent, elected consul for the third time, without colleague. After an investigation of the death of Publius Clodius had been decreed, Milo was condemned by the court and sent into exile. Marcus Cato’s liking, and he spoke against it.

It also contains an account of Caesar’s actions against the Gauls, who had revolted almost without exception under Vercingetorix, leader of the Arvernians, and contains accounts of difficult sieges of several towns, such as Avaricum of the Bituriges and Gergovia of the Arvernians. Caesar Gallos ad Alesiam vicit omnesque Galliae civitates quae in armis fuerant, in deditionem accepit. Crassi, Parthos, qui in Syriam transcenderant, cecidit. Caesar Bellovacos cum aliis Gallorum populis domuit.

Gaius Cassius, quaestor of Marcus Crassus, defeated the Parthians, who had invaded Syria. Marcus Cato was defeated when he stood for the consulship. Instead, Servius Sulpicius and Marcus Marcellus were elected. Gaius Caesar subdued the Bellovaces and other Gallic tribes. It also contains an account of the conflict between the consuls about who they should send as successor of Gaius Caesar.

Consul Marcellus proposed to the Senate that Caesar should return to run for consul, although a law had been passed that he was to rule his provinces until the time of his consulship had come. Causae civilium armorum et initia referuntur contentionesque de successore C. Caesari mittendo, cum se dimissurum exercitus negaret nisi a Pompeio dimitterentur. Caesarem, dein pro Caesare actiones continet. Cum senatus consultum factum esset ut successor Caesari mitteretur, M.

Pompeio, ut viderent nequid res p. Caesar bello inimicos persecuturus cum exercitu in Italiam venit, Corfinium cum L. Pompeium ceterosque partium eius Italia expulit. The causes and beginning of the civil war are described, together with the conflict about sending out a successor to Gaius Caesar, who refused to disband his armies unless Pompey disbanded his.

When the Senate had decided that Caesar was to be replaced, the tribunes Marc Antony and Quintus Cassius, who tried to obstruct the senatorial decision, were expelled from the city The consuls and Gnaeus Pompey received special powers from the Senate, to see to it that no harm befell the republic. Gaius Caesar entered Italy with an army to wage war against his enemies. He captured Corfinium together with Lucius Domitius and Publius Lentulus, set them free, and expelled Gnaeus Pompey and the other members of his faction from Italy. Caesar Massiliam, quae portas cluserat, obsedit et relictis in obsidione urbis eius legatis C.